:03:00
the librarian who runs
these classes.
:03:03
Thank you, Governor walsh.
:03:06
Govemor stanton, I'm sorry.
:03:08
I'm a little nervous. I'm sorry.
:03:11
If you'll with me.
:03:14
I'll take you up to the library.
:03:17
The walls are pretty bad,
:03:21
but the library is much, um...
:03:25
Better...
:03:26
Yes,yes.
:03:28
We' re very proud of the library.
:03:31
When did you start
the reading program?
:03:35
Three years ago.
We have very little money.
:03:38
It's the only reading program
like it in Harlem I know of.
:03:43
There may be others,
but I don't uh...
:03:47
You okay?
:03:49
-Are you okay?
-I'm fine.
:03:53
I'm Ruby. I'm a domestic.
I've been in this class 2 months.
:03:58
Jack washington. I'm a handyman.
:04:01
Hello, Jack.
:04:03
Tawana Carter, Waitress.
:04:05
Good to meet you.
:04:07
Anthony Ramirez,
freelance carpenter.
:04:11
I wanted to say welcome aboard.
:04:14
What? I'm not on board. I just...
:04:18
You' re kidding, right?
:04:20
Yeah.
:04:22
Tell the governor a bit about
yourself, Dewayne.
:04:26
I'm a short order chef.
:04:30
And until I come here,
I couldn't read a lick.
:04:34
Dewayne's dyslexic.
:04:37
They just kept passing me up.
:04:40
Third grade, fourth grade.
:04:45
I just sit in the back,
sticking to my own self.
:04:51
It was like no one noteced.
:04:54
and I went all the way through
and graduated elementary school.